On the 1 year anniversary: Thanks to God for my Redeemer!

Today, this morning, the 3rd of March, it is exactly one year after the fire. We sat yesterday evening and talked about it in the kitchen, Daniel and I, when Håkan came walking in and wanted a little blueberry soup.

Just the greatness of being together and delighting in the fact that we are all alive – that’s something we’ll remember for a long time. That we can be together, that Håkan is at home, that he can walk, stand, be involved, that he is with it mentally. That his sense of humour is the same, that Håkan is spiritually strong and is beginning to give to others again, it is so great for all of us.

Thank you, Jesus, that you prepared the way to the Father, for us, so that during this year we have received strength to not just survive, but have gone through this tunnel and come out as victors.

Thank you, Lord, for all our friends, relatives, church members, neighbours, pastors and priests, Christian brothers and sisters, people in Uddevalla who’ve gotten involved. Without you, this year would have been a lot more difficult.

Thank you, Lord, for our friends all around the whole world, who have felt with us, cried with us, prayed for us, supported us. Without you, this would have been a lot heavier.

We’ve read every post on the blog. In the beginning, the first months, it was a way to survive. I read what you wrote on the blog, over and over again, cried, prayed, knew that you were all with us. THANKS!

When the money was gone, and I then saw gift after gift coming into the bank account from you, I cried again. Thank you all you dear friends for your financial support. Without you we never would have managed. A big THANKS from the depths of our hearts.

Thanks for all the flowers we’ve received, during this year. We are truly enjoying every last flower. It warms our hearts…THANKS!

Thanks for every postcard, letter, drawing, and greeting. All the love you have given us, during this year, has helped us manage a little more and a little more…

Thanks for the help with all the furniture and things in the apartment. Imagine that we got a full apartment, and a nice-looking one. We’ll take all of that with us to the house – it’ll even be the start on Sigelhultsvägen…THANKS!

Thanks to all those who cooked food for us in the beginning, when I was in the hospital, when we lived at the hotel – it was enough for the beginning of our time in the apartment also, when there wasn’t enough energy to prepare food. THANKS!

I don’t know if you understand, but every little deed which you performed became one more piece in the puzzle for us to get more energy.

Thank you, God, for your support, that you carried us through, in the valley of the shadow of death, that we didn’t need to fear anything evil, that you were with us, that your rod and staff comforted us… Thank you, Jesus, that you have been near us!

So today, on the 1 year anniversary of the fire, I’m just filled with God’s grace and thanksgiving that we are where we are…and are soon moving home to our house.

“The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,
he restores my soul.
He guides me in paths of righteousness
for his name's sake.
Even though I walk
through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.” Psalm 23

“Thanks to God for my Redeemer,
Thanks for all Thou dost provide!
Thanks for times now but a memory,
Thanks for Jesus by my side!
Thanks for pleasant, balmy springtime,
Thanks for dark and stormy fall!
Thanks for tears by now forgotten,
Thanks for peace within my soul!

Thanks for prayers that Thou hast answered,
Thanks for what Thou dost deny!
Thanks for storms that I have weathered,
Thanks for all Thou dost supply!
Thanks for pain, and thanks for pleasure,
Thanks for comfort in despair!
Thanks for grace that none can measure,
Thanks for love beyond compare!

Thanks for roses by the wayside,
Thanks for thorns their stems contain!
Thanks for home and thanks for fireside,
Thanks for hope, that sweet refrain!
Thanks for joy and thanks for sorrow,
Thanks for heav’nly peace with Thee!
Thanks for hope in the tomorrow,
Thanks through all eternity!”

My heart is filled with THANKSGIVING!

Bless you!!
Hugs,
Gunilla